The Practice of Silviculture
Applied Forest Ecology
9th Edition
Published on 27. November 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-471-10941-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the premier source of ecologically and econimically sound information on the long-term treatment of forests. It provides the information necessary to understand, analyze, and apply the various techniques available for growing stands under any circumstances. It emphasizes the development of techniques so professionals are able to invent silvicultural solutions to problems.
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Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1007 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-10941-9 (9780471109419)
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Persons
David M. Smith is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. His books include Industrial Location: An Economic Geographical Analysis, Human Geography: A Welfare Approach, and Geography, Inequality and Society. He is also co-editor of The Dictionary of Human Geography.
Content
Partial table of contents:
INTRODUCTION TO SILVICULTURE.
Silviculture and Its Place in Forestry.
Stand Dynamics.
TENDING AND INTERMEDIATE CUTTING.
The Response of Individual Trees to Thinning and Pruning.
Management of Growth and Stand Yield by Thinning.
Methods and Application of Thinning.
Release Operations and Herbicides.
REGENERATION.
Ecology of Regeneration.
Site Classification and Species Selection.
Artificial Regeneration.
STAND DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE.
The Silviculture of Pure Even-Aged Stands.
Vegetatively Regenerated Stands.
Double-Cohort Pure Stands Regenerated by Partial Cutting.
Silviculture of Pure Uneven-Aged Stands.
Stands of Mixed Species.
SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES.
Timber Management.
Silvicultural Management of Watershed Ecosystems.
Silvicultural Control of Damaging Agencies.
Agroforestry.
Appendices.
Index.
INTRODUCTION TO SILVICULTURE.
Silviculture and Its Place in Forestry.
Stand Dynamics.
TENDING AND INTERMEDIATE CUTTING.
The Response of Individual Trees to Thinning and Pruning.
Management of Growth and Stand Yield by Thinning.
Methods and Application of Thinning.
Release Operations and Herbicides.
REGENERATION.
Ecology of Regeneration.
Site Classification and Species Selection.
Artificial Regeneration.
STAND DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE.
The Silviculture of Pure Even-Aged Stands.
Vegetatively Regenerated Stands.
Double-Cohort Pure Stands Regenerated by Partial Cutting.
Silviculture of Pure Uneven-Aged Stands.
Stands of Mixed Species.
SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES.
Timber Management.
Silvicultural Management of Watershed Ecosystems.
Silvicultural Control of Damaging Agencies.
Agroforestry.
Appendices.
Index.